Contrary view on head of finance's charges (4)
I believe the answer is:
fees
'charges' is the definition.
(fee is a kind of charge)
'contrary view on head of finance's' is the wordplay.
'contrary' says the letters should be written backwards.
'view' becomes 'see' ('see' can be a synonym of 'view'**).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'head of' suggests taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'finances' is 'f'.
'see' back-to-front is 'ees'.
'ees' put after 'f' is 'FEES'.
(Other definitions for fees that I've seen before include "Charges, payments" , "Fixed charges for professional services" , "Lawyers' charges" , "Professional payments" , "(Membership) charges" .)