do kpmg us audit staffs get to travel abroad? (Canada & mexico included)?

Answer 1

To answer this question (having never worked for KPMG), lets do an analysis. How big is KPMG? They are big enough to have branches across the world. Why would an auditor go abroad? Because market conditions dictate so.

So, what market conditions must be in place?

You have to be the very best auditor in the district in order to get the attention of management to get you to a postion to be able to travel abroad.

You have to be better than the locals in order to consult for them (or the project has to be very tough for them not to be able to handle it)

The local market has to be overworked enough that they request help. You have to have the ability to be able to fill the need for an out-of-country auditor.

They have to be willing to pay for you to come in, put you up, and pay you to work on their overhead.

(I base this answer on my experience working as an environmental consultant with a company that had offices across the country. We would bill out at our normal rate when contracting to other branches, so they were hesitant to call on us. I presume that KPMG gets paid to audit the way we did to conduct environmental services)