Rental Operations Analyst

Come work for the largest equipment dealer in North America! Are you a hardworking individual that thrives in a fast-paced environment and looking to take your career to the next level? If so, then come join our award winning team!

We provide our employees with the following tools and resources to be successful:

• Training
• Outstanding benefits package (Medical, Dental and Vision insurance, plus much more!)
• 401(k) with match
• Competitive wages
• Company laptop
• Paid time off
• 10 paid holidays

Responsibilities

Alta Equipment Group - Material Handling is seeking a full-time Rental Operations Analyst for our Livonia, MI headquarters. The Rental Data Specialist ensures the accuracy, organization, and usability of rental operational data while supporting administrative coordination for the rental leadership team. This role works directly inside business systems to maintain records, process transactions, and validate operational activity. The position builds reliable reporting by cleaning and analyzing data, identifying trends that impact utilization and performance, and supporting SOX compliance and internal audit requirements. This is an operational and analytical role combining system transaction processing, data governance, reporting, and coordination support.

The primary responsibilities of the position consist of, but are not limited to:

• System Transactions and Record Maintenance
• Update and maintain equipment and contract records in the ERP system
• Process purchases, receiving, and inventory adjustments
• Process sales and write-offs with proper documentation
• Create and maintain work orders
• Maintain preventive maintenance (PM) records and schedules
• Correct data errors at the source to prevent reporting inaccuracies
• Ensure operational activity is reflected accurately in system records
• Data Management and Oversight
• Extract data from business systems and databases
• Clean, standardize, and validate operational data
• Monitor accuracy across contracts, billing, equipment status, and rates
• Identify root causes of recurring data issues and implement corrections
• Maintain data definitions, documentation, and reporting standards
• Support data governance and control processes
• Reporting and Analytics
• Build and maintain recurring operational and financial reports
• Analyze utilization, downtime, billing accuracy, and rate performance
• Create dashboards and visualizations in Power BI
• Translate data into operational insights and recommendations
• Support leadership with ad-hoc analysis and forecasting
• Systems Support
• Work across ERP and business platforms to retrieve and validate information
• Partner with branches and departments to resolve discrepancies
• Support adoption of proper data entry processes
• SOX and Audit Support
• Assist with SOX control documentation and testing support
• Provide data and reporting requested by Internal Audit
• Validate control execution and identify process gaps
• Maintain audit trails and evidence for compliance reviews
• Participate in remediation and process improvement efforts
• Administrative and Operational Coordination
• Schedule meetings and manage department calendars
• Coordinate leadership meetings and prepare materials
• Track projects, action items, and follow-ups
• Order meals and coordinate logistics for meetings and events
• Support special projects and department initiatives
• Incorporate Alta's Guiding Principles into daily activities.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Consistent, regular, and reliable attendance including being ready for work at the designated start time.

Qualifications

• Expert level Microsoft Excel
• Complex formulas and nested functions
• Pivot tables and large dataset management
• Data validation and auditing
• Power Query strongly preferred
• Intermediate Power BI experience
• Data modeling fundamentals
• Report publishing and maintenance
• Experience transacting within business or ERP systems
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities with high attention to detail
• Experience with Infor and Microsoft Dynamics 365 highly preferred
• Equipment rental, fleet, dealership, or operational industry background preferred but not required
• Basic SQL knowledge would be a plus
• Exposure to SOX controls or audit processes experience
• Experience supporting operational leadership teams
• 4 years of overall experience preferred
• Language Skills - Intermediate: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of the organization.
• Mathematical Skills - Basic: Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Reasoning Ability - Intermediate; Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Computer Skills - E-Emphasys/eXtend systems

Physical Demands/Work Environment

• Physical/Sensory Functions: Occasionally will stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; Regularly will sit, use hands, talk/hear.
• Vision: No special vision requirements.
• Lift and/or Move Functions: Frequently will lift up to 10 pounds
• Work Environment: Occasionally will work near wet or humid conditions (non-weather), work near moving mechanical parts, work in high, precarious spaces, outdoor weather conditions, vibration

About Alta

Culture is Job #1. Alta Equipment Group prides itself in living by our Guiding Principles: Invest in the Best, Passion for Excellence, Customers for Life, Mutual Respect and One Team. More than an equipment company, Alta is an innovator of solutions, delivering diverse products and unrivaled support centered on building lasting customer relationships.

If you have a passion for excellence and are ready to make a difference within our organization, we’re ready for you. Whether it’s selling the world’s-best big iron, rolling up your sleeves and servicing our industry-leading construction and material handling product brands or being a difference maker behind the scenes, we can use your skillset.

At Alta Equipment Group, we believe in mutual respect and are committed to diversity while inspiring our employees to reach their maximum potential. Voted a “Top Work Place USA”, our employees across North America are committed to excellence. It’s the Alta way.

So, let’s start the conversation. Click the link to apply and begin the journey of a lifetime.

What We Look For

At Alta Equipment Group, we are looking for candidates who are a cultural fit with our organization and understand that every task and job goes toward fostering customers for life. Along with that, a great attitude that embraces mutual respect and delivering a consistent high energy level that exudes a passion for excellence. Also, we are searching for a skill set that has a high aptitude for the position with a continual focus on investing in one’s profession through additional training and learning.

Other Opportunities At Alta

Please visit our careers page at altg.jobs to view other openings that may be of interest to you!

Alta Equipment Group is an equal opportunity employer. This means we do not discriminate on account of age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, height, weight, marital status, familial status, disability, genetic information, military status, veteran status, misdemeanor arrest record, or membership in any other classification protected under applicable law. If you believe the Company has violated its equal employment opportunity policy in any way, please contact [email protected] immediately!