"Schieflage" implies something which is out of balance and permanently so - like an account which is permanently overdrawn, or a broker desperately trying to cover his short positions

"Mit dem Einstieg des Emirats Katar hoffte Wiedeking, die finanzielle Schieflage seines Unternehmens aufzufangen." (http://www.welt.de/wirtschaft/article4186962/...)

For "die finanzielle Schieflage" in this context I suggest "financial crisis", as in:

"The €5 billion of capital which the Porsche board agreed to release last night and the involvement of the oil-rich Emirate Qatar will wipe out the company’s massive debts. A quick solution to the crisis was crucial with Porsche €9 billion in debt." (http://www.bild.de/BILD/news/bild-english/wor...)

" “Porsche's financial crisis is severe,” said Stefan Bratzel, head of the Center of Automotive Research Institute in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany. “It needs to be solved as quickly as possible to bring calm to Porsche and VW.” " (http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/company-...)

"in einer wirtschaftlichen Schieflage"

FAZ.net 5.1.10 Welle an Notverkäufen bleibt erst einmal aus von Steffen Lynch

this is the appropriate economic term which most closely corresponds with subsidence slope