This paper deals with the administrative and legal elements of both the establishing and the implementation of risk management mechanisms in public administration, as well as indicating how important this process is for supporting the proper functioning of each entity in the public finance sector. At the same time, it highlights the need to constantly update the applicable formula of organisational management, especially in terms of efficiency, effectiveness and optimisation of the means to improve the quality of public services provided. The constantly growing awareness of an entity’s management regarding threats to accomplishing set objectives can also be observed. Therefore, it becomes necessary to develop risk management mechanisms limiting the adverse impact of various factors on proper task implementation.